Skills/Space & Science/Mars rover photos

Mars rover photos

0.1 credits / call

Returns photos taken by a Mars rover on a specific Martian day (sol) or Earth calendar date, with image URLs, the camera used, and the rover's status. You can filter by camera if you need images from a particular instrument. Results are paged 25 photos at a time.

Use when

You want images captured by a Mars rover for a specific sol or Earth date.

Not for

The daily astronomy image or asteroid approaches, which are separate operations.

Cost

0.1 credits / call

What it accepts

Set these inside the intent when you run it.

roverrequired

Which Mars rover to pull photos from (Curiosity, Opportunity, Spirit, or Perseverance).

dateoptional

The Earth calendar date to fetch photos for, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

cameraoptional

A camera code to filter by (e.g. FHAZ, RHAZ, MAST, NAVCAM). Omit to get all cameras.

What you get back

A list of rover photos with image URLs, camera name, sol number, Earth date, and rover status.

Run it

Run this sub-skill directly: pin it with operation and pass its inputs in the intent. (Omit operation and the Space & Science skill will route from your intent instead.)

curl -X POST "https://skill.askfaro.com/skills/space/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FARO_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"intent":{"operation":"mars_rover_photos","rover":"Perseverance","date":"2024-03-15","camera":"NAVCAM"}}'

Example requests

  • Show me photos from Curiosity taken on sol 1000
  • What did Perseverance photograph on March 15, 2024?
  • Get Mars rover photos from the navigation camera on sol 500